The Earlier the Better

When it Comes to Teaching Your Children to Write

Teaching children to write in the early years is pertinent to their brain development. By the time your children hit their early teens, the window of learning opportunity diminish greatly. Of course that does not mean they cannot learn. It just means that their brains aren't as absorbent as they were previously.

Teaching Your Children to Write - My Personal Experience With Teaching Children to Write

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My son is currently sixteen. He still writes off and on. He has written short stories over the years and he has recently started writing his own music and lyrics. I am so very proud of him.

My boyfriends' two young girls were home schooled up until this last school year. I noticed that both his daughters, Emily and Alia, were very interested in my writing. They found it fascinating that I wrote, had published a book, and consistently wrote online. They would always sit by me, as I worked on my laptop. I would usually be wrapping something up when they arrived. I only get to see them about once a week during the school years, so I do not waste what little time I have with them working on my projects.

One day I simply asked them, "Do you want to write a story?" You would have thought that I had offered up the sun and the moon to them. They were both extremely excited.

Alia was first. We sat by ourselves on the front porch and she told her story. It wasn't very long, and I had to ask her a lot of questions to get the short little story out of her, but she had just turned four when we did hers. We are still working on Emily's. Her story is much more complex. We actually made up all of the characters and personalities, made an outline for the story, and even designed a cover for it. We will be finishing her story up when she gets out of school. We plan to upload and publish it to Lulu so that she can have a hard-copy of it once it's done. We will do the same for Alia when she is a little older.

How Do I Get My Children to Write? - The Key to Early Success is Being Involved in Your Children's Writing Process

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First of all you must realize that when a child is younger they may not be writing the stories. They may be telling the stories while you write for them and help coach them through the story process by asking them questions.

When a child is old enough to start writing their own stories they will still need help in the creative to paper process so they do not get frustrated. Getting complex thoughts down on paper can be frustrating, so help from Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, Grandpa, or even the babysitter will be key in their early success.

Make it Rewarding - and Your Children Will Find a Passion for Writing

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Usually, the undivided attention alone is well worth it for young children. That doesn't mean that you cannot add to the excitement. After it's all said and done type their work up and publish it online with some nice photos, their name, and a little copyright symbol. There are many places that this can be done for free, such as right here on Squidoo.

Yes. You can publish their stories here on Squidoo!

Foster Goodwill

Give Your Children a Sense of Accomplishment

What's really fabulous is that they can also donate the profits made on Squidoo to other children that are faced with some type of poverty.

You can show them the different places they can donate to, and let them choose for themselves who they would like to help.

This will give them a tremendous sense of accomplishment. It also fosters goodwill in children at a very young age.

My Early Years - And Learning to Write

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I look back to my early school years with a sense of wonder and gratitude. I can remember my fourth grade teacher, Mr. Campbell, working with me on my spelling. Up until the fourth grade nothing really clicked for me. I can remember him sitting me down and telling me how much more I was capable of than what I was giving him. He told me that if I could improve my reading and writing to above satisfactory that I would get to go to his house -with other above satisfactory children- for a day of fun and ice-cream at the end of the school year. Let me tell you, I didn't want to let him down, nor did I want miss that day of fun and ice-cream with the other smart kids.

The following year, fifth grade, I would go on to win a writing contest that allowed me to attend the Young Authors Conference. From that point on I read like a crazy person. When I went into junior high I was reading at college grade level and I took only Advanced Placement English courses once they became available.

Looking back on those years, I am so unbelievably grateful that Mr. Campbell told me what I was capable of and expected it from me.

Do Your Children Like to Write Stories? - Share Your Experience or Ideas About How to Get Your Children to Write

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anonymous 5 years ago

My 7 year old loves to write. She is growing tired of writing words and the like and has started trying to write sentences and even letters to family. She has already been begging me to teach her cursive writing but I told her she will learn in due time. Story telling has always been a favorite childhood memory of mine and now my daughter will have those great memories too.

Senora M 7 years ago

My sons are 2 and 10 months. I enjoy looking for things for them to do in the future. This is one of them. Nice lens!

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callinsky lm 7 years ago

@Virginia Allain: Thank you for visiting, Virginia. I lensrolled this to yours as well. I hope that you have a FAB weekend.

Virginia Allain 7 years agofrom Central Florida

I think it is quite important to encourage story telling and writing in children, young adults and even grown-ups. You might look into Blurb as I found it easier for self-publishing than Lulu.

Lensrolled to Self-Publishing with Blurb and A Family of Writers: Handing Down a Writing Tradition.

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callinsky lm 7 years ago

@Shades-of-truth: Thanks for visiting, Emily. I think that both reading and writing is so important. I think it helps people escape from the hustle and sometimes the cruelty of the world.

I'm sorry that I haven't been by. I will have more time now. I will go check out all of your new stuff today.

Emily Tack 7 years agofrom USA

My children all loved to write. One of my granddaughters has been writing in her mind, since she was 2, and on paper since she was 3. We love to read, my entire clan, and we love to write! Important lens!

Wednesday-Elf 7 years agofrom Savannah, Georgia

Getting children to 'enjoy' writing when they are young will help them tremendously as an adult. Many people, especially men, think they are 'terrible' writers and that's only because they didn't learn to enjoy writing as a child. So, I agree, encouragement as a youngster will pay big rewards later.

Delia 7 years ago

what a nice lens...well written...5*

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callinsky lm 7 years ago

@garyrh1: Hey, Gary. You are so right. It is fun. Thank you for the visit! (O;

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callinsky lm 7 years ago

@garyrh1: Hey, Gary. You are so right. It is fun. Thank you for the visit! (O;

garyrh1 7 years ago

Nice lens! Yep, writing is definitely important for children. I'd say that children using their imagination to write mini-stories is an excellent way for them to develop their brains and intelligence, not to mention that it is also fun.

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callinsky lm 7 years ago

@GonnaFly: Thank you for stopping by, GonnaFly. Thank you for telling me about the misspelling too.